Biopsy - Other - code not available

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I have been finding that there are many patients that have various biopsies done that we can't code. Is this information useful for our data base? And if so, my suggestion is to code all other biopies under 848 - 14 ( under Post-op Surgeries - Other )--FLindell 15:26, 16 April 2009 (CDT)

    • Good question and suggestion. Thank you Fran. The more specific the DX code is the better. Grouping under "Other" tends to be a mixed bag of information that is not really clear and I have found that this has ended up not being that useful. (we have a number of these types of code already). Adding more doesn't make the database better the key is the improve the quality and consistency of items we are currently collecting.
  • current biopsy we do collect: SEE new category: Biopsy
772-00 Open Lung Biopsy
794-00 Liver Biopsy
806-08 Other Genitourinary Biopsy
831-00 Brain Biopsy
779-00 Bronchoscopy, 797-00 GI Scopes & 806 Cystoscopy, a biopsy may also be done with this diagnostic procedure but we don't specify this detail with our coding.
  • keep in mind if we add a Dx code to the database to track it will take number of years to accumulate enough information before you can see any useful information. --TOstryzniuk 18:20, 16 April 2009 (CDT)
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